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From: barth@tellab1.UUCP (Barth Richards)
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: Re: W.C.
Message-ID: <735@tellab1.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 3-Dec-85 14:07:13 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec  3 14:07:13 1985
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References: <113@alliant.UUCP> <1406@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP>
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In article <1406@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> mmar@sphinx (Mitchell Marks) writes:

>   A recent posting from Tom Jaskiewicz (in article 113@alliant) tells the
>story of an English woman inquiring about the W.C at her new lodgings in
>a foreign country (I won't repeat it all).  This story actually goes a long
>way back, with a certain notoriety.  At one time Jack Paar was host of the
>Tonight Show, and got (temporarily) kicked off the air for telling a
>version of this story.  

There is another good TONIGHT SHOW story where someone DIDN'T get kicked
off the air.

Sometime around 1960, Lenny Bruce was on the TONIGHT SHOW (when Steve Allen
hosted) and told a story about sniffing glue. He was allowed to do the
story on the air, even though the censors had heard it beforehand, simply
because the censors had no idea whatsoever what he was talking about.



                                    Barth Richards
				    Tellabs, Inc.
				    Lisle, IL

				    "...the Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster,
				     the most mind-pommeling drink ever
				     invented. The effects of which have
				     been described as being like having
				     your brains smashed out by a slice of
				     lemon wrapped round a large gold
				     brick."
                                    -THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY